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Hi All, How does one get to the last record of an externally-defined, arrival-sequence (i.e., no keys) file without reading thru every record? I want to start the program, then immediately hit the end-of-file, then wait for a new record to appear. (I know about overriding the file with EOFDLY(nnn) for this to work.) I added the RECNO(rrn) keyword to the file definition, set rrn=*hival and tried using CHAIN (rrn) Filename and SETGT (rrn) Filename. I keep getting compile error messages saying "key field list not allowed with program described file". I have the file defined as an input, full procedural, externally-described disk file with a blank record address type and a RECNO keyword. To me, that makes this a file to be processed by relative record number. Where am I going wrong????? Ideas??? (I haven't had to deal with relative record number processing outside of subfiles since my S/34 Mapics days fresh out of school!) Many thanks in advance, William
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